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Part 1E+W+S+N.I.Transfers to the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA

Trading losses: transfer of company carrying on exempt activitiesE+W+S+N.I.

1(1)This paragraph applies for the purposes of corporation tax where—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)in consequence of a section 39 scheme, a company which is not an NDA company becomes an NDA company falling within section 27(4)(a); and

(b)the company carried on exempt activities before the coming into force of the scheme.

(2)Trading losses attributable to the exempt activities carried on by the company before the coming into force of the scheme shall be treated, in relation to accounting periods beginning at or after that time, as extinguished.

(3)For the purpose of determining the extent to which trading losses incurred by a company are attributable to exempt activities, such apportionments of receipts, expenses, assets and liabilities shall be made as may be just.

2(1)This paragraph applies for the purposes of corporation tax where—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)a company (“the transferor company”) which is not an NDA company is carrying on a trade which consists in or includes exempt activities; and

(b)in consequence of a section 39 scheme—

(i)the transferor company ceases to carry on that trade or a part of it which consists in or includes such activities; and

(ii)the NDA or an NDA company begins to carry on that trade or that part of it.

(2)Trading losses attributable to so much of the trade or part of a trade as consists in exempt activities carried on by the transferor company before the time when the NDA or the NDA company begins to carry on the trade or that part of it shall be treated, in relation to accounting periods ending after that time, as extinguished.

(3)Subsections (3), (4A), (7) to (9) and (11) of section 343 of the Taxes Act (company reconstruction without change of ownership) shall apply in relation to an unextinguished loss sustained by the transferor company in carrying on the trade or the part of it in question as if—

(a)the case were a case falling within subsection (1) of that section;

(b)the transferor company were the predecessor; and

(c)the NDA or the NDA company in question were the successor.

Chargeable gains: assets to be treated as disposed without a gain or a lossE+W+S+N.I.

3(1)This paragraph applies for the purposes of the 1992 Act where there is a transfer of an asset to the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA in accordance with a section 39 scheme.E+W+S+N.I.

(2)The asset shall be treated as disposed of to the NDA or (as the case may be) to its subsidiary for a consideration of such amount as would secure that, on the disposal, neither a gain nor a loss accrues to the transferor.

(3)This paragraph has effect subject to paragraph 4.

(4)This paragraph does not apply in relation to a transfer to the NDA or to a subsidiary of the NDA in accordance with a nuclear transfer scheme of securities of a company, in consequence of which that company ceases to be a relevant site licensee.

(5)In this paragraph “relevant site licensee” has the same meaning as in subsection (4) of section 27 (see subsection (5)).

Chargeable gains: assets treated as acquired at nil costE+W+S+N.I.

4(1)This paragraph applies for the purposes of the 1992 Act where the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA disposes of an asset which—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)was acquired by the NDA or that subsidiary in accordance with a section 39 scheme or a section 40 scheme; and

(b)is not an asset which, immediately before its transfer to the NDA or that subsidiary, was comprised in the Nuclear Liabilities Investment Portfolio.

(2)No amount shall be allowable as a deduction under section 38(1)(a) or (b) of the 1992 Act (acquisition and enhancement costs) in the computation of the gain accruing on the disposal.

(3)Accordingly, in a case where the disposal is one which under any enactment is treated as a disposal on which neither a gain nor a loss accrues to the NDA or its subsidiary, the consideration for the disposal shall be treated as equal to the amount allowable as a deduction from that consideration under section 38(1)(c) of the 1992 Act (incidental costs of disposal).

(4)This paragraph does not apply in the case of a disposal which under paragraph 29 is to be treated as a disposal on which neither a gain nor a loss accrues to the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA.

Chargeable gains: degrouping chargesE+W+S+N.I.

5(1)This paragraph applies if a company (“the degrouped company”)—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)acquired an asset from another company at a time when both were members of the same group of companies (“the old group”); and

(b)ceases, by virtue of a transfer to the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA in accordance with a section 39 scheme, to be a member of the old group.

(2)Section 179 of the 1992 Act (company ceasing to be member of group) is not to treat the degrouped company as having by virtue of the transfer sold and immediately reacquired the asset.

(3)Where sub-paragraph (2) has applied to an asset, section 179 of the 1992 Act is to have effect on and after the first subsequent occasion on which the degrouped company ceases to be a member of a group of companies (“the new group”) as if—

(a)the degrouped company, and

(b)the company from which it acquired the asset,

had been members of the new group at the time of acquisition.

(4)Expressions used in this paragraph and in section 179 of the 1992 Act have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that section.

Chargeable gains: disposal of debtsE+W+S+N.I.

6(1)This paragraph applies if—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)a debt owed to any person is transferred to the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA in accordance with a section 39 scheme; and

(b)the transferor would (apart from this paragraph) be the original creditor in relation to that debt for the purposes of section 251 of the 1992 Act (disposal of debts).

(2)The 1992 Act is to have effect as if the NDA or (as the case may be) its subsidiary (and not the transferor) were the original creditor for those purposes.

Capital allowances: transfer of whole tradeE+W+S+N.I.

7(1)This paragraph applies where—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)a company (“the transferor company”) which is not a subsidiary of the NDA is carrying on a trade; and

(b)in consequence of a section 39 scheme, the transferor company ceases to carry on that trade and the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA begins to carry it on.

(2)For the purposes of the allowances and charges provided for by the 2001 Act, the trade is not to be treated as permanently discontinued, nor a new trade as set up; but sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph are to apply.

(3)There are to be made to or on the NDA or (as the case may be) its subsidiary, in accordance with the 2001 Act, all such allowances and charges as would, if the transferor company had continued to carry on the trade, have fallen to be made to or on that company.

(4)The amounts of those allowances and charges are to be computed as if—

(a)the NDA or its subsidiary had been carrying on the trade since the transferor company began to do so; and

(b)everything done to or by the transferor company had been done to or by the NDA or that subsidiary;

but so that transfers in accordance with the section 39 scheme, so far as they relate to assets in use for the purposes of the trade, shall not be treated as giving rise to an allowance or charge.

Capital allowances: transfer of part of a tradeE+W+S+N.I.

8(1)Where—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)a company (“the transferor company”) which is not a subsidiary of the NDA is carrying on a trade, and

(b)in consequence of a section 39 scheme, the transferor company ceases to carry on that trade and the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA begins to carry on activities of the trade as part of a trade carried on by the NDA or that subsidiary,

then that part of the trade carried on by the NDA or its subsidiary shall be treated for the purposes of paragraph 7 as a separate trade.

(2)Where—

(a)a company (“the transferor company”) which is not a subsidiary of the NDA is carrying on a trade, and

(b)in consequence of a section 39 scheme, the transferor company ceases to carry on a part of that trade and the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA begins to carry on activities of that part of that trade,

then the transferor company shall be treated for the purposes of paragraph 7 and sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph as having carried on that part of its trade as a separate trade.

(3)Where activities fall to be treated for the purposes of this paragraph as a separate trade, such apportionments of receipts, expenses, assets and liabilities shall be made for the purposes of the 2001 Act as may be just.

Capital allowances: transfer of plant or machineryE+W+S+N.I.

9(1)This paragraph applies where—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)there is a transfer of property to the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA in accordance with a section 39 scheme;

(b)the property is plant or machinery; and

(c)paragraph 7 does not apply in relation to the transfer of the plant or machinery.

(2)For the purposes of Part 2 of the 2001 Act (capital allowances for plant and machinery), the NDA or its subsidiary is to be treated—

(a)as having incurred capital expenditure on the provision of the plant or machinery at the time of the transfer; and

(b)as having owned the plant or machinery as a result of having incurred that expenditure.

(3)The amount of that expenditure is to be treated as being the book value of the plant or machinery.

(4)For the purposes of the application of section 61 of that Act in relation to the transferor the disposal value of the plant or machinery is to be treated as being the book value of the plant or machinery.

(5)The references in this paragraph to the book value of the plant or machinery are references to the amount which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice (within the meaning of the Tax Acts)—

(a)was recognised as its value in the accounts of the transferor at the time of the transfer; or

(b)should have been so recognised at that time.

(6)Expressions used in this paragraph and in Part 2 of the 2001 Act have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that Part.

Capital allowances: transfer not to be transaction between connected personsE+W+S+N.I.

10For the purposes of Part 2 of the 2001 Act references in that Part to a transaction (however described) between connected persons (within the meaning of section 839 of the Taxes Act) are not to include references to a transfer of anything in accordance with a section 39 scheme to the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA.E+W+S+N.I.

Continuity in relation to loan relationshipsE+W+S+N.I.

11(1)This paragraph applies if, in consequence of a section 39 scheme, the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA replaces a person as a party to a loan relationship.E+W+S+N.I.

(2)Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) is to have effect in relation to the time when the transfer takes effect and any later time as if—

(a)the NDA or its subsidiary had been a party to the loan relationship at the time when the transferor became a party to it and at all times since that time; and

(b)the loan relationship to which the NDA or its subsidiary is a party after the time when the transfer takes effect is the same loan relationship as that to which, by virtue of paragraph (a), it is treated as having been a party before that time.

(3)Expressions used in this paragraph and in Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Finance Act 1996 have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that Chapter.

Continuity in relation to derivative contractsE+W+S+N.I.

12(1)This paragraph applies if, in consequence of a section 39 scheme, the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA replaces a person as a party to a derivative contract.E+W+S+N.I.

(2)Schedule 26 to the Finance Act 2002 (c. 23) is to have effect in relation to the time when the transfer takes effect and any later time as if—

(a)the NDA or its subsidiary had been a party to the derivative contract at the time when the transferor became a party to it and at all times since that time; and

(b)the derivative contract to which the NDA or its subsidiary is a party after the time when the transfer takes effect is the same derivative contract as that to which, by virtue of paragraph (a), it is treated as having been a party before that time.

(3)Expressions used in this paragraph and in Schedule 26 to the Finance Act 2002 have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that Schedule.

Continuity in relation to transfer of intangible assetsE+W+S+N.I.

13(1)Where—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)property is transferred in accordance with a section 39 scheme to the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA, and

(b)the property transferred includes a chargeable intangible asset of the transferor,

the transfer of that asset is to be treated for the purposes of Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002 as a tax neutral transfer.

(2)Where, in the case of a transfer in accordance with a section 39 scheme of any property to the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA—

(a)the property transferred includes an asset which is not a chargeable intangible asset of the transferor, but

(b)that asset falls to be treated after the transfer as a chargeable intangible asset of the NDA or its subsidiary,

that asset shall be treated as acquired by the NDA or its subsidiary for an amount equal to the amount of the consideration determined for the purposes of paragraph 3(2) of this Schedule.

(3)Expressions used in this paragraph and in Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002 have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that Schedule.

Chargeable intangible assets: degrouping chargesE+W+S+N.I.

14(1)This paragraph applies if a company (“the degrouped company”)—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)acquired an intangible fixed asset from another company at a time when both were members of the same group of companies (“the old group”); and

(b)ceases by virtue of a transfer to the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA in accordance with a section 39 scheme to be a member of the old group.

(2)Paragraph 58 of Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002 (company ceasing to be member of group) is not to treat the degrouped company as having, by virtue of the transfer, sold and immediately reacquired the asset.

(3)Where sub-paragraph (2) has applied to an asset, paragraph 58 of Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002 (c. 23) is to have effect on and after the first subsequent occasion on which the degrouped company ceases to be a member of a group of companies (“the new group”) as if—

(a)the degrouped company, and

(b)the company from which it acquired the asset,

had been members of the new group at the time of acquisition.

(4)Expressions used in this paragraph and in paragraph 58 of Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002 have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that paragraph.

Computation of profits and losses in respect of transfer of tradeE+W+S+N.I.

(a)a BNFL company ceases to carry on a trade or a part of a trade; and

(b)an NDA group member begins to carry on the trade or that part of it.

(2)For the purpose of computing, in relation to the time when the scheme comes into force and subsequent times, the relevant trading profits or losses of the BNFL company and the NDA group member—

(a)the trade or part is to be treated as having been a separate trade at the time of its commencement and as having been carried on by the NDA group member at all times since its commencement as a separate trade; and

(b)the trade carried on by the NDA group member after the time when the section 39 scheme comes into force is to be treated as the same trade as that which it is treated, by virtue of paragraph (a), as having carried on as a separate trade before that time.

(3)This paragraph is subject to paragraph 11.

(4)In this paragraph—

“BNFL company” means BNFL or a subsidiary of BNFL;

“NDA group member” means the NDA or a subsidiary of the NDA;

“relevant trading profits and losses” means profits or losses under Case I of Schedule D in respect of the trade or part of a trade in question.

Part 2E+W+S+N.I.Transfers relating to BNFL or the UKAEAetc.

Application of Part 2 of ScheduleE+W+S+N.I.

16(1)This Part of this Schedule applies to a transfer if—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)it is a transfer in accordance with a section 39 scheme of securities of a BNFL company or of property, rights or liabilities of a BNFL company; and

(b)the transferee is a publicly owned company which is not a subsidiary of the NDA.

(2)This Part of this Schedule also applies to a transfer if it is a transfer in accordance with a section 39 scheme to a transferee falling within sub-paragraph (3) of—

(a)property, rights or liabilities of the UKAEA;

(b)securities of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the UKAEA; or

(c)property, rights or liabilities of such a subsidiary.

(3)The transferee falls within this sub-paragraph if it is—

(a)a publicly owned company which is not a subsidiary of the NDA; or

(b)the UKAEA.

(4)In this paragraph “BNFL company” means BNFL or a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNFL.

Application of rules for reorganisations under same ownershipE+W+S+N.I.

17Where the conditions set out in subsection (1) of section 343 of the Taxes Act (company reconstructions without a change of ownership) are satisfied in relation to a transfer to which this Part of this Schedule applies, that section shall have effect in relation to the transfer with the omission of subsection (4) (which restricts the losses that may be carried forward to the excess of relevant liabilities over relevant assets).E+W+S+N.I.

Chargeable gains: assets to be treated as disposed without a gain or a lossE+W+S+N.I.

18(1)This paragraph applies for the purposes of the 1992 Act where an asset is transferred by a transfer to which this Part of this Schedule applies.E+W+S+N.I.

(2)The asset shall be treated as disposed of to the transferee for a consideration of such amount as would secure that, on the disposal, neither a gain nor a loss accrues to the transferor.

Chargeable gains: degrouping chargesE+W+S+N.I.

19(1)This paragraph applies if a company (“the degrouped company”)—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)acquired an asset from another company at a time when both were members of the same group of companies (“the old group”); and

(b)ceases by virtue of a transfer to which this Part of this Schedule applies to be a member of the old group.

(2)Section 179 of the 1992 Act (company ceasing to be member of group) is not to treat the degrouped company as having by virtue of the transfer sold and immediately reacquired the asset.

(3)Where sub-paragraph (2) has applied to an asset, section 179 of the 1992 Act is to have effect on and after the first subsequent occasion on which the degrouped company ceases to be a member of a group of companies (“the new group”) as if—

(a)the degrouped company, and

(b)the company from which it acquired the asset,

had been members of the new group at the time of acquisition.

(4)Expressions used in this paragraph and in section 179 of the 1992 Act have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that section.

Chargeable gains: disposal of debtsE+W+S+N.I.

20(1)This paragraph applies if—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)a debt owed to any person is transferred by a transfer to which this Part of this Schedule applies; and

(b)the transferor would (apart from this paragraph) be the original creditor in relation to that debt for the purposes of section 251 of the 1992 Act (disposal of debts).

(2)The 1992 Act is to have effect as if the transferee (and not the transferor) were the original creditor for those purposes.

Capital allowances: transfer of plant or machineryE+W+S+N.I.

21(1)This paragraph applies where—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)property transferred by a transfer to which this Part of this Schedule applies includes plant or machinery; and

(b)section 343 of the Taxes Act does not apply in relation to the transfer of the plant or machinery.

(2)For the purposes of Part 2 of the 2001 Act (capital allowances for plant and machinery), the transferee is to be treated—

(a)as having incurred capital expenditure on the provision of the plant or machinery at the time of the transfer; and

(b)as having owned the plant or machinery as a result of having incurred that expenditure.

(3)The amount of that expenditure is to be treated as being the book value of the plant or machinery.

(4)For the purposes of the application of section 61 of that Act in relation to the transferor the disposal value of the plant or machinery is to be treated as being the book value of the plant or machinery.

(5)The references in this paragraph to the book value of the plant or machinery are references to the amount which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice (within the meaning of the Tax Acts)—

(a)was recognised as its value in the accounts of the transferor at the time of the transfer; or

(b)should have been so recognised at that time.

(6)Expressions used in this paragraph and in Part 2 of the 2001 Act have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that Part.

Capital allowances: transfer not to be transaction between connected personsE+W+S+N.I.

22For the purposes of Part 2 of the 2001 Act references in that Part to a transaction (however described) between connected persons (within the meaning of section 839 of the Taxes Act) are not to include references to a transfer to which this Part of this Schedule applies.E+W+S+N.I.

Continuity in relation to loan relationshipsE+W+S+N.I.

23(1)This paragraph applies if, in consequence of a transfer to which this Part of this Schedule applies, the transferee replaces a person as a party to a loan relationship.E+W+S+N.I.

(2)Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) is to have effect in relation to the time when the transfer takes effect and any later time as if—

(a)the transferee had been a party to the loan relationship at the time when the transferor became a party to it and at all times since that time; and

(b)the loan relationship to which the transferee is a party after the time when the transfer takes effect is the same loan relationship as that to which, by virtue of paragraph (a), it is treated as having been a party before that time.

(3)Expressions used in this paragraph and in Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that Chapter.

Continuity in relation to derivative contractsE+W+S+N.I.

24(1)This paragraph applies if, in consequence of a transfer to which this Part of this Schedule applies, the transferee replaces a person as a party to a derivative contract.E+W+S+N.I.

(2)Schedule 26 to the Finance Act 2002 (c. 23) is to have effect in relation to the time when the transfer takes effect and any later time as if—

(a)the transferee had been a party to the derivative contract at the time when the transferor became a party to it and at all times since that time; and

(b)the derivative contract to which the transferee is a party after the time when the transfer takes effect is the same derivative contract as that to which, by virtue of paragraph (a), it is treated as having been a party before that time.

(3)Expressions used in this paragraph and in Schedule 26 to the Finance Act 2002 have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that Schedule.

Continuity in relation to transfer of intangible assetsE+W+S+N.I.

25(1)Where—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)property is transferred by a transfer to which this Part of this Schedule applies, and

(b)the property transferred includes a chargeable intangible asset of the transferor,

the transfer of that asset is to be treated for the purposes of Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002 as a tax neutral transfer.

(2)Where, in the case of a transfer of property by a transfer to which this Part of this Schedule applies—

(a)the property transferred includes an asset which is not a chargeable intangible asset of the transferor, but

(b)that asset falls to be treated after the transfer as a chargeable intangible asset of the transferee,

that asset shall be treated as acquired by the transferee for an amount equal to the amount of the consideration determined for the purposes of paragraph 18(2) of this Schedule.

(3)Expressions used in this paragraph and in Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002 have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that Schedule.

Chargeable intangible assets: degrouping chargesE+W+S+N.I.

26(1)This paragraph applies if a company (“the degrouped company”)—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)acquired an intangible fixed asset from another company at a time when both were members of the same group of companies (“the old group”); and

(b)ceases by virtue of a transfer to which this Part of this Schedule applies to be a member of the old group.

(2)Paragraph 58 of Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002 (c. 23) (company ceasing to be member of group) is not to treat the degrouped company as having, by virtue of the transfer, sold and immediately reacquired the asset.

(3)Where sub-paragraph (2) has applied to an asset, paragraph 58 of Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002 is to have effect on and after the first subsequent occasion on which the degrouped company ceases to be a member of a group of companies (“the new group”) as if—

(a)the degrouped company, and

(b)the company from which it acquired the asset,

had been members of the new group at the time of acquisition.

(4)Expressions used in this paragraph and in paragraph 58 of Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002 have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that paragraph.

Computation of profits and losses: transfer of tradeE+W+S+N.I.

(a)a BNFL company ceases to carry on a trade or a part of a trade; and

(b)a publicly owned company that is not a subsidiary of the NDA (the “transferee company”) begins to carry on the trade or that part.

(2)For the purpose of computing, in relation to the time when the scheme comes into force and subsequent times, the relevant trading profits or losses of the BNFL company and the transferee company—

(a)the trade or part is to be treated as having been a separate trade at the time of its commencement and as having been carried on by the transferee company at all times since its commencement as a separate trade; and

(b)the trade carried on by the transferee company after the time when the section 39 scheme comes into force is to be treated as the same trade as that which it is treated, by virtue of paragraph (a), as having carried on as a separate trade before that time.

(3)This paragraph is subject to paragraph 23.

(4)In this paragraph—

“BNFL company” means BNFL or a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNFL; and

“relevant trading profits and losses” means profits or losses under Case I of Schedule D in respect of the trade or part of a trade in question.

Part 3E+W+S+N.I.Transfers relating to relevant site licensees

28(1)This paragraph applies where, in consequence of a nuclear transfer scheme, a subsidiary of the NDA becomes a relevant site licensee.E+W+S+N.I.

(2)For the purposes of the application of the enactments mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) to the assets of the company which has become a relevant site licensee, that company shall be treated as continuing, for so long as it is a relevant site licensee, to be a member of the group of companies of which it was a member immediately before the scheme took effect.

(3)Those enactments are—

(a)the 1992 Act;

(b)Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002 (c. 23);

(c)paragraphs 5, 14, 19 and 26 of this Schedule.

(4)The reference in sub-paragraph (2) to the group of companies of which a company was a member is to be construed—

(a)in relation to the 1992 Act in accordance with the provisions of section 170 of that Act; and

(b)in relation to Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002, in accordance with Part 8 of that Schedule.

29(1)This paragraph applies where—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)as a consequence of a transfer in accordance with a nuclear transfer scheme of securities of a subsidiary of the NDA, that subsidiary becomes a relevant site licensee;

(b)as a consequence of a transfer to the NDA or to a subsidiary of the NDA in accordance with such a scheme of securities of a company, that company ceases to be a relevant site licensee; or

(c)there is a transfer in accordance with such a scheme of securities of a company that is a relevant site licensee from one person to another person for purposes connected with securing that the condition in section 27(5)(c) continues to be satisfied in relation to the company.

(2)For the purposes of the 1992 Act, the securities shall be treated as disposed of to the transferee for a consideration of such amount as would secure that, on the disposal, neither a gain nor a loss accrues to the transferor.

30In this Part of this Schedule “relevant site licensee” has the same meaning as in subsection (4) of section 27 (see subsection (5)).E+W+S+N.I.

Part 4E+W+S+N.I.Transfer of Nuclear Liabilities Investment Portfolio

Application of Part 4 of ScheduleE+W+S+N.I.

31This Part of this Schedule applies to a transfer to the Secretary of State in accordance with a nuclear transfer scheme containing provision authorised by section 42 of this Act.E+W+S+N.I.

Chargeable gains: assets to be treated as disposed without a gain or a lossE+W+S+N.I.

32(1)This paragraph applies for the purposes of the 1992 Act where an asset is transferred by a transfer to which this Part of this Schedule applies.E+W+S+N.I.

(2)The asset shall be treated as disposed of to the Secretary of State for a consideration of such amount as would secure that, on the disposal, neither a gain nor a loss accrues to BNFL.

Neutral effect of transfer for loan relationships and derivative contractsE+W+S+N.I.

33No credit or debit shall be required or allowed, in respect of a transfer to which this Part of this Schedule applies, to be brought into account in BNFL’s case—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)for the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) (loan relationships); or

(b)for the purposes of Schedule 26 to the Finance Act 2002 (c. 23).

Part 5E+W+S+N.I.Stamp duty etc.

34(1)Stamp duty is not to be chargeable—E+W+S+N.I.

(a)on a nuclear transfer scheme, or

(b)on an instrument certified by the Secretary of State to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue as made for the purposes of such a scheme, or as made for purposes connected with such a scheme,

except to the extent that the scheme or instrument includes provision in relation to private transfers.

(2)But where, by virtue of sub-paragraph (1), stamp duty is not chargeable at all, or is chargeable only to a reduced extent, on a nuclear transfer scheme or instrument, the scheme or instrument is to be treated as duly stamped only if—

(a)in accordance with section 12 of the Stamp Act 1891 (c. 39) it has been stamped with a stamp denoting either that it is not chargeable to duty or that it has been duly stamped; or

(b)it is stamped with the duty to which it would be chargeable apart from sub-paragraph (1).

(3)An agreement which is made for the purposes of a nuclear transfer scheme or purposes connected with such a scheme is not to give rise to stamp duty reserve tax except to the extent that the agreement relates to private transfers.

(4)In this paragraph—

“instrument” has the same meaning as in the Stamp Act 1891;

“private transfer” means—

(a)

a transfer of any property, right or liability to a person other than the Secretary of State, the NDA or a publicly owned company; or

(b)

the creation of an interest or right in favour of a person other than the Secretary of State, the NDA or a publicly owned company.

Part 6E+W+S+N.I.Supplemental provisions of Schedule

Groups of companiesE+W+S+N.I.

35References to a company in the following enactments shall apply to the NDA—E+W+S+N.I.

Interpretation of ScheduleE+W+S+N.I.

“exempt activities” has the same meaning as in section 27 of this Act;

“NDA company” has the same meaning as in section 27 of this Act;

“the Nuclear Liabilities Investment Portfolio” means property and rights to which BNFL is entitled and which appear to the Board, from BNFL’s published accounts, to represent assets held by BNFL for the purpose of being able to meet costs or liabilities for which the NDA has a financial responsibility under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of this Act;

(2)Before determining for the purposes of this Schedule whether an asset was comprised at a particular time in the Nuclear Liabilities Investment Portfolio, the Board must consult the Secretary of State.

(3)So far as it relates to corporation tax this Schedule is to be construed as one with the Corporation Tax Acts.

(4)So far as it relates to capital allowances this Schedule is to be construed as one with the 2001 Act.

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